Providenciales
Turks and Caicos Islands · 5 m
Description
Providenciales carries almost all the tourism of the Turks and Caicos, and the reason is Grace Bay, twenty kilometres of pale sand behind a barrier reef that regularly takes first place in rankings of the world's beaches. The reef keeps the water flat and clear and the resorts sit in a low line along the shore. Chalk Sound is a lagoon of impossible turquoise dotted with rocky islets on the south-west side. Boats leave for Little Water Cay, where rock iguanas live, and for the wall dives off Northwest Point. Its airport is the only one in the country taking long-haul flights.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 4 to 10 days (optimal 6 days)
Travel season
Best time to visit: December – April
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- Nov
- Dec
Highlights
- Grace Bay Beach
- Chalk Sound National Park
- Snorkelling on the Grace Bay reef
- Little Water Cay and its rock iguanas(Day trip)
- Bight Reef, snorkelled from the shore
- Wall diving off Northwest Point
- Sapodilla Bay and Taylor Bay
- Long Bay Beach kitesurfing
- Conch and fresh fish at Blue Hills
- Fish fry at Bight Park (Thursday)
- Humpback whales in the Turks Island Passage (January - April)
- Half Moon Bay sandbar by boat(Day trip)
- Caicos Conch Farm remains
Getting there
- Airports:
- PLS
- Seaport:
- Reachable by ship or ferry